56 
t is about 7p 
sporangium amounts to 12, so that one compartmen : 
high; this is, therefore, also the height of a single loculament 0 
somewhat in the form of a cone, but they terminate on i 
have a length of 45-55 p, with a diameter of 15-20 pa _ ae 
a loculament amounts in section to 7 w. EZ. indicus is so tar 
from Molucea and the Fiji Islands. 
Hab.: Deception Bay. 
te XIV., Figs. 3, 4, 5.) 
4 ves 
E. siliculosus, Dillw., var. Prof. Askenasy says :— tee 
denoted this Eetocarpus in accordance with the eal ; . 
chromatophores and the shape of the sporangia as J. silicu pabee may 
accurate comparison with the different forms of Z. siliculo ong. 
be reserved until later. The filaments are as much as YC hoa 
The branching is pseudo-dichotomous, irregular, sag" va s, The 
every dichotomy there lie a number of cells without branches. 
ei ; 
: 
ase and 
“© cells In consequence of active intercalary apie we 
since branches of normal condition ‘are only formed in ee many 4 
tions. The older internodes, therefore, have ngth | 
170 cells, The branches as well as the sporangia are, while youns — 
18, consisting of small considerably lengthened cells. 
are Hever so long as in E. indicus. At the furc 
: ere in one instance « he ? Spine 
one of 35 ~; on another occasion 35 » long, Wi : 
